Aerolíneas Argentinas: there was an agreement between the Government and the unions

After days of negotiation, Aerolíneas Argentinas reported that it closed the conflict with its unions with important “advances that will improve the company’s productivity and will limit benefits that were outside industry standards,” it was officially reported. In addition, a salary increase of one 16%.

The agreement was signed by representatives of the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA), the Argentine Association of Aircraft Pilots (AAA) and the Aeronautical Personnel Association (APA). Furthermore, the Aeronautical Technical Personnel Association (APTA) and the Union of Senior and Professional Personnel of Aerocommercial Companies (UPSA) They also accepted the offer, with new conditions that will imply greater flexibility in tasks and modifications.

The agreement with the aeronautical unions

The conflict with Argentine Airlines came to an end. The different aeronautical unions accepted the offer of a state company that offers a salary offer of 16%, in addition to validating profound modifications in agreements and forms of work.

In detail, the company announced that important advances were made that will improve the company productivity in addition to limit benefits that were outside the standards of the industry, one of the Government’s flags when it comes to intervening in public discussion.

As detailed, the staff of the APLA guild like all the company’s senior staff and retired pilots will lose confirmed business class vacation tickets for themselves and their immediate family members. In this line of agreement, both pilots and crew accepted replace the transfer in remis with a per diem scheme which will begin to be implemented once the high summer season ends.

The work schedule, in addition, will begin only when the personnel have arrived at the terminals airports and not during their transfer, as was the case until now.

In reference to the efficiency and productivity of the company, mechanics and ramp personnel may be moved between hangars and work lines according to the need for personnel, a historically conflictive point. Furthermore, the staff of check in lifted its blockade on the self-service terminals and the system automatic baggage clearancewhile the crew members accepted that the company implements a on-board sales of products.

Furthermore, another point about these changes points to incentives aimed at increase the flight hours of pilots and crew members. In this way, the agreement establishes that they will receive better salaries the longer their effective operating time.

On the other hand, regarding programming, the pilots’ union raised a series of restrictions that strongly affected flight planning. In total, in terms of efficiency, the company assured that the set of these measures The monthly hours flown by the company will increase between 3% and 5%.

Javier Milei gave his opinion on the Aerolíneas Argentinas conflict

Prior to the agreement reached between both parties, President Javier Milei was blunt with the situation of Aerolíneas Argentinas and stated: “This company is no longer in the hands of the State“.

“Aerolíneas is a company that since it was nationalized has cost Argentines u$s8 billion. Loses US$700 million per year. Almost US$2 million per day. Someone has to pay it”, he justified.

Regarding the operation of the company in the hands of the State, Milei assured that in this way “It is benefiting the richest 2% of the Nation, which is the one who can travel, and the other 98% pays for it. “A policy so regressive that it favors the richest 2% against the 98% who are worse off.”

Regarding the union members’ position in the conflict, Milei denounced that “the other side of this is the privileges that airline workers have” who “intend that the poorest 98% of the population pay for them.” “Or end their privileges so that they can clean up the company and it can be sold. This company is no longer in the hands of the State“concluded the top president.